bust on someone

bust on someone
 v. phr.β€” Β«The dock area is closed to cars from midnight to 6 a.m., but according to 17-year-old Kim Stolz of North Woodmere, the police “bust on us” even before midnight.Β» β€”β€œSitting on the Dock on the Bay; A summertime generation gap” by Jay R. Begun Newsday (Long Island, New York) June 22, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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